Abstract
Both the United Kingdom and Australia engaged in social policy transfer of anti-discrimination policy for people with disabilities in the 1990s with the adoption of new legislation whose structure and approach originated in the United States a decade earlier. This paper focuses on the extent of the convergence of disability policies between each country and the USA, and the variables that affected social policy transfer in each nation. By using a comparative approach, this paper allows for a better understanding of the processes and constraints involved in transferring social policy across nations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 5-22 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Social Policy Journal |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2002 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- American social policy
- Anti-discrimination policy
- Australia
- Comparative social policy
- Disability policy
- United kingdom
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science